The article is devoted to the development of methodology for the development of intellectual poten- tial of youth as a factor of innovation development of the Republic of Belarus. Essence, features, the structure of the phenomenon of “the intellectual potential of youth” as an object of public

Article represents the analysis of processes of ethnic immi- gration, actual for Russia. The author conducted research of favorable and adverse law-enforcement cycles, the characterizing indicators are revealed. In article the reasons of ethnoimmigra- tion of social and economic and psy- chological character are considered. Author’s research vision is based on the generalized analysis, for the purpose of understanding of factors of modern processes of ethnoimmigration.

The article investigates the use of cinema as an instrument of political communication on the post-So- viet space. The authors analyze its qual- itative state, given the prospects and trends of modern cinema, as an aggre- gate for the manipulation of conscious- ness technologies. The article presents a comparative analysis of partial Holly- wood and Russian films in terms of its impact on the political consciousness of citizens. Particularly acute, this prob- lem concerns young people who acquire “political maturity”, becoming voters. It was concluded that not all the tradition- al means of political communication lose their strength and ability to use. At this stage of development of the state there is a need to find new ways of commu- nication between the state and society. One of them is still cinema.

The article discusses the construction of public relations as a cultural construction. Analyzed this form of social and cultural activities as lobbying. Presented by the understand- ing of the modern lobbying in Russia.

The relevance of the chosen subject is caused by the social and economic changes taking place in life of society in the former Soviet Un- ion. Nowadays the tourist and recrea- tional sphere became the important di- rection of development of economy of our country. Its development is of great importance for transition to modern and innovative economic type of develop- ment of Russia. The article assesses the tourism potential of the Lipetsk region, highlights the main tourist clusters, con- siders the problems and prospects of development of tourism in the region.

The article examines the involvement of students in volunteer activities, examines the organization of students volunteer activities and volunteer projects realization at the university. The potential of volunteerism as an effective mechanism for addressing the urgent social problems is revealed.Theauthorstudiesexperience of volunteer services organization the I.A. Bunin State University in Yelets.

The author focuses on the problems of formation of the system of values of the younger generation in post-Soviet Russia. Political and economic competition between countries in the former Soviet Union at the level of mass consciousness of Soviet and national values qualitatively affected the social, political, cultural attitudes of young people who have the extremely unstable, contradictory character. The created vacuum of valuable orientations and world outlook installations of youth is filled with asocial ideals and an abstractness from real socio-political processes.

This paper is devoted to the international legal status of the Caspian Sea. After the USSR breakup Iran and Russia were committed to the provisions of the Soviet-Iranian treaties and opposed the division of the Caspian Sea into national sectors. The new Caspian states had a different outlook: they supported the idea of the Caspian division into national sectors. They believed that the Russian-Persian and later on Russian-Iranian documents addressed the issues of fishery and navigationanddidnotregulatetheissues related to exploration, development and transit of hydrocarbons. This paper underlines that the active policy of the Caspian countries on the international legal status of the Caspian based on availability of hydrocarbon resources in the Caspian shelf.

After disintegration of the USSR the new independent states faced the need to create the political system anew, from “zero”. Practically all of them have chosen the democratic development. The Central Asian countries were no exception here. However, unlike other post-Soviet countries, the survived clan system influenced greatly the political development of these countries. The clans in the Central Asian states have deep historical and cultural roots and they have the enormous effect on the political processes.

After becoming independent the relationships between the official powers of Tajikistan and oppo- sition were shaping not easily. The opposition was, in fact, estranged from development and implementation of internal and foreign policy. The results of parliamentary elections conducted in March 2015 did not change the balance of political forces in the Tajik parliament. Moreover, the main opposition party failed to pass into the parliament which led to a new political situation in the country.

This paper analyzes the issues of the international legal regime of the Arctic. It considers the approaches of the Arctic countries, studies the mechanisms of international cooperation. The policy of Russia in asserting its interests in the Arctic is investigated.